There are many great stories, and anyone attempting to list them could not skip this nod to the classic epics and fairytales of earlier days. But how does a simple story about rabbits earn so much critical praise? Well, it all starts with two rabbits: Hazel and Fiver. 00:00 Intro 01:15 Background 03:33 Age Level & Content Warning 05:55 Judge a Book by It's Cover 06:58 Discussion 01:11:51 General Thoughts 01:13:05 One Question for the Author 01:17:28 Rating 01:18:46 Bunny...

The original Cat Who trilogy was published in the 1960's, and then no more books came until 1986. Where did the author go? We'll never know, but now that our favorite cats and mustache has returned, how did the break affect the series? 00:00 Intro 01:31 Background 02:03 Age Level & Content Warning 03:15 Judge a Book by It's Cover 05:19 Discussion 48:36 General Thoughts 50:37 One Question for the Author 51:24 Rating 52:15 Read Again? 53:55 Outro TikTok:...

Agatha Christie has inspired many writers, Alice Feeney being one. How does her book compare to it's inspiration "And Then There Were None"? And should you be picking it up for this year's Halloween read? Follow the Author: Website: https://www.alicefeeney.com/ Faceboook: https://www.facebook.com/AliceFeeneyAuthor/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alicewriterland/?hl=en Twitter: https://x.com/i/flow/login?redirect_after_login=%2Falicewriterland 00:00 Intro 00:49...

Over a 100 years after The Island of Doctor Moreau is published, Silvia Moreno-Garcia has extended the conversation. Now including the female perspective, mental health, different types of love, colonization, and many more perspectives to the original tale, is the book ready to shoulder this weight, or is it overburdened? Follow the Author: Website: https://silviamoreno-garcia.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/smorenogarcia/ Instagram:...

The third book by the "modern day Agatha Christie" is here! A haunted island, an angry goddess, a famed actress suddenly retiring at the height of her fame for unsaid reasons and we're going to ignore most of that. Instead, listen to the same scenes four times. What could possibly go wrong? Follow the Author: Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/alexmichaelides ⁠Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/alex.michaelides/⁠ Good Reads:...

The second book is here, and everything is going down: the city of Paz, "father's" schemes, and Frey's relationship with Rafi. As the city struggles to right itself, who can Frey trust in this fight for power? And who will betray her? Follow the Author: Website: ⁠https://scottwesterfeld.com/⁠ Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/scottwesterfeldfan⁠ Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/ScottWesterfeld⁠ Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/scott_westerfeld/⁠ YouTube:...

We take a break from our regularly scheduled Poirot books to bring you the Poirot Play! Part of the cannon story, how does the Queen of Mystery do at tackling a new kind of writing? And what lengths would we go to to see it? 00:00 Intro 01:00 Historical Context 05:16 Background 06:14 Age Level & Content Warning 06:37 Judge a Book By It's Cover 09:03 Discussion 46:19 General Thoughts 47:09 One Question for the Author 49:43 Rating 50:43 Read Again? 51:32 Favorite of the Series...

A magic system revolving around color, how does the world change? Who is celebrate? Who is repressed? And what does it mean to be worthy to rule? With all these questions we get one more: what happens if you prove unworthy? Through in an enemies-to-lovers and a mystery and you have Cast in Firelight. So what did we think? Follow the Author: Website: https://www.danaswiftbooks.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/danaswiftbooks/ Instagram:...

The 5th book in the Cross Time Traffic series pivots from previous topics tackled with a look at what might happen if communism became the dominate economic structure instead of capitalism. For the first time Cross Time is not sending a teenager into an alternate, but that doesn't mean two teenagers won't save the day once again. Follow the Author: Twitter:⁠ ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/hnturtledove⁠⁠⁠ GoodReads: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/29479.Harry_Turtledove⁠⁠⁠ 00:00...

10 books into the Disney's Twisted Tales series and the 6th Liz Braswell book, we have finally seen the author reach the potential we knew she had since book 1. The Nonsense might have tripped some authors up, but we think this is Liz's natural element. The stars have surely aligned, but will the align again? Follow the Author: Website: ⁠⁠https://www.lizbraswell.com/⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/LizBraswell/?fref=ts&ref=br_tfhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fwix⁠⁠ Instagram:...

The world of Uglies is back in this new spin-off series that takes place decades after the original events. Coming back a decade later, can the author pull off the Ugly world in the 2020's? Or is this a series better left in the past? Follow the Author: Website: https://scottwesterfeld.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/scottwesterfeldfan Twitter: https://twitter.com/ScottWesterfeld Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scott_westerfeld/ YouTube:...

We return to France with the departure of the Blue Train. The height of luxury, the train regularly transports the famous and wealthy. Unfortunately, this time not all of the passengers will make it to their final destination. Will Poirot solve this mystery? Or will he find himself in an incurable slump? 00:00 Intro 00:48 Historical Context 02:39 Background 02:53 Age Level & Content Warning 03:02 About "Apache" 05:37 Judge a Book By It's Cover 06:43 Discussion 58:46 General...

We're back for a second dose of Wonderland! Alice finds herself in the middle of an evil plot to bring back the evil Queen when suddenly she is separated from her friends and family in the mad dash to get to the Red Castle. Can they finally get the Heart? Or will the mysterious villain best them? Follow the Author: Website: ⁠www.llmckinney.com⁠ Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/ElleOnWords?mibextid=qi2Omg⁠ Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/ll_mckinney/⁠ Twitter:...

We enter another alternative, where the Constitution was never ratified and the states now act on their own. Has this allowed them to be stronger, as some people seem to believe or has it made each of them weaker? Follow the Author: Twitter: ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/hnturtledove⁠⁠ GoodReads: ⁠⁠https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/29479.Harry_Turtledove⁠⁠ 00:00 Intro 00:50 Background 01:59 Age Level 02:40 Content Warning 03:38 Judge a Book By It's Cover 04:28 World Map 06:22...

It's Cinderella's turn up at the plate, and it is also the return of series favorite Elizabeth Lim. Is this book as good as her first? ... Okay, we can't even pretend. YES! The series new score is 2 out of 9. Follow the Author: Website: https://www.elizabethlim.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elimpix/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/lizlim TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@elizabethlimwriter? 00:00 Intro 01:22 Background 04:33 Age Level & Content Warning 06:54 Her Dress...

We have reached the final book of the All Souls Trilogy and it is... inconsistent to say the least. We're bringing out the Best Dropped Subplot Award for this one after plot line after plot line never pops up again and the continuity turns into a bat and flies away. But hey, we read it all, so we're going to rant. Follow the Author: Website: ⁠https://deborahharkness.com/⁠ Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/AuthorDeborahHarkness/⁠ Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/DebHarkness⁠ Instagram:...

Set before the events of Cinder, this 0.5 book is the villainous backstory of the Evil Queen: Levana. Explore how and why Levana has ended up how she has. But! The best time to read it is between Cress and Winter. Don't make the mistakes we did! Why? Well, let me tell you... Follow the Author: Website: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.marissameyer.com/⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/MarissaMeyerAuthor/⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/marissameyerauthor/⁠⁠⁠ Twitter:...

Alice once again falls down the rabbit hole to Wonderland, but this time to fight the creatures called "Nightmares" from destroying her world. As old enemies rise up again and new ones show themselves, will Alice be able to handle her responsibility as a Dreamwalker, daughter, and friend? Or will she die trying? Follow the Author: Website: www.llmckinney.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ElleOnWords?mibextid=qi2Omg Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ll_mckinney/ Twitter:...

The self-proclaimed "High Fantasy with Low Stakes", Legends and Lattes have proven the commercial viability of the Cozy Fantasy. But what does that look like? And what can we look forward to in the future? Follow the Author: Website: https://www.travisbaldree.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TravisBaldreeNarrator/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TravisBaldree Discord: https://discord.com/invite/duzCS2D 00:00 Intro 01:09 Background 02:12 Age Level 03:14 Content Warning 05:29...

Now it's time to step into the world of another Disney classic: Neverland. Liz returns to tell this story and after dealing with Conceal, Don't Feel we're ready to give her the benefit of the doubt for creating new material. So does this book surprise or fall into the same patterns? Follow the Author: Website: ⁠https://www.lizbraswell.com/⁠ Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/LizBraswell/?fref=ts&ref=br_tfhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fwix⁠ Instagram:...

In a world where Washington became King, the modern day looks... very similar to the current one. But that doesn't mean being royalty, or royalty-adjacent is easy. Watch as the heir, spare, best friend and ex-girlfriend try to survive in this Washington, maybe even finding love along the way. Follow the Author: Website: https://katharinemcgee.com/#home Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katharinemcgee/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/katharinemcgee 00:00 Intro 00:57 Background 01:23...

It's finally here: the ending of the main series Lunar Chronicles. But are four books, especially one that's 823 pages, enough to tell the story well? Do we even manage to tell the story of Snow White in all the carnage and rebellion? Follow the Author: Website: ⁠⁠https://www.marissameyer.com/⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/MarissaMeyerAuthor/⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/marissameyerauthor/⁠⁠ Twitter: ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/marissa_meyer⁠⁠ GoodReads:...

The lovers have become enemies again and we get our first real look at the Angel side of the world building. The leaders in charge are going to lead to their own destruction, but could the one waiting in the wings be worse? Does it matter? What happens when human world comes into the mix? Things are getting complicated... Follow the Author: Website: ⁠http://www.lainitaylor.com/⁠ Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/lainit/?hl=en⁠ Twitter:...

It all began as any other mission. On her way to return home and begin the rest of her life, Annette is ready to start her freshman year at Ohio State. On their last merchant trip, she and her family gets kidnapped by slavers, separated, and then Annette finds herself in a new timeline alternate. With no hope of rescue, it's up to Annette and her new friend Jacques to figure out how to save themselves without getting killed. Follow the Author: Twitter:...